Bingya's Hunger and Fullness in Lingui

All events, characters, and settings in this work are original. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, the wave of state-owned enterprise reform swept into Lingui County. Factory workers, once the envy of everyone around them, found themselves clutching notices terminating their employment. Workshops where they had worked for over a decade shut down without warning, and their iron rice bowls shattered overnight. At the time, Jinshan Market was just taking off as the county's liveliest commercial hub, becoming a place where scores of laid-off workers from Lingui could find a new way to make a living.